SensoryMetrics: re-inventing the User eXperience

If organic carrots are good for you, this must be better!
The micro-brew industry has had a lot of ups and downs in the past few decades: intense consolidation and killer-legislation. As with all types of products on the long tail, producers can offer innovative products to a mass of consumers, without the costs and [...]

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Nothing says “love ya babe” more than sharing your lead isotopes! This cute little cannister is going for $23 at Amazon. The customers who bought uranium also bought the book “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Intelligent Design”, as well as dead rabbits, and UFO detectors!
(makes you wonder, huh?)
Over at eBay, the bidding [...]

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Are your family members possessed by irrational cravings for canned sardines? New Jersey-based Season Products have replaced that time-consuming can key with a “new, easy to open lid!”. No mess. No fuss. No dangerous rough edges! In fact you’ll even be able to lick the can clean!
This gift will make it [...]

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There’s been growing pressure in the US and the UK for getting rid of hard plastic jugs as milk containers. There’s also the growing popularity of buying milk in glass bottles - just like the old days! Some UK dairies are looking to Canada for packaging ideas. Since the 70s most of [...]

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I was impressed by Apple’s packaging for the new 20 inch iMac. It may seem like small details, but packaging succeeds when it’s going to be kept and used instead of just thrown away. I only wish Apple would have an option to upgrade the box it comes in. For instance reinforce [...]

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